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KIRKLAND—Holly Smith's Cafe Juanita is expanding and the chef is purchasing her restaurant's property, reports The Seattle Times. An addition to the building, which was once a winery, will be finished sometime in the spring of 2015 and include a new bar. [ST]
RUMOURMONGERING— Chef/restaurateur Scott Staples (Restaurant Zoe, Quinn's, Uneeda Burger) is working on a BBQ concept. Where? TBD. When? Also TBD. But Staples confirms with Eater that he's working "on securing a location," adding that one of his favorite spaces may not be open until spring, but "there's a few others that could come together sooner." [Tipline]
BELLTOWN— Lark chef John Sundstrom is preparing food and cocktails from the menu of Bitter/Raw, his upcoming Capitol Hill bar, at Hot Stove Society cooking school in Belltown on August 16. $75 tickets are bound to be gone in an instant, so get on it. UPDATE: The class has been re-scheduled for fall. [EaterWire]
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